Vista RC1 has been running like a champ for the past week but I finally found a bug. I received the error message below when I tried to open an HTML file with Notepad++:

One of the biggest things that I hate when reinstalling Windows is hunting down all of my drivers. I eventually got clever enough where I downloaded all of the drivers I needed and put them on a CD. Then each time I needed them they were always easy to find. Well, it looks like I was taking a completely wrong approach.

How sweet is this? The Google Personalized Homepage has tabs! Now you can add, organize, and utilize the most screen space possible!

Google's Picasa 2.5 photo managing software has worked its way out of Beta (believe it or not :) ). The release notes detail all of the new features but here is a brief overview for those that have not been venturous enough to play with the Beta:

The 495MB file Office 2007 TR has been made available for download. Thanks to Mark who sent me an email providing the direct download link without the need for WGA validation.

Jyngle is a new voice and text messaging service (in beta) that makes communicating with a group easy. It combines the latest mobile voice technology with online social networking to give you a rather useful and free service.  Jyngle is a product of  Brevient, a software development company focused on web-based business software.

Mozilla has placed the official release of Firefox 1.5.0.7 on their FTP for download. Typically I would just link to the FTP and tell you to go find your language but I figured I do this so much now that I should come up with a better way. I don't think I could do it much easier than this:

I have never tried to find a download manager because most browsers (except Internet Explorer) are able to handle my downloads just fine. However, one limitation that has always bothered me is the inability to start more than two downloads at the same time.